Charles-Maurice, Prince of TALLEYRAND (1754–1838). Autograph letter, Paris, March 6, [1818], to a lawyer; 2 pages, in-4. Regarding the separation of the Duke and Duchess of Dino [Dorothée, Duchess of Courland, had married Talleyrand’s nephew, Edmond de Périgord, in 1808; he was created Duke of Dino in 1817; the separation of property between the two spouses was ordered by a judgment rendered after a hearing on March 24, 1818.] Wishing to resolve amicably “the financial difficulties that have arisen between two members of my family, I thought it would be useful to bring them together at my home with their respective advisors. You, sir, are the Duke of Dino’s counsel; Mr. Tripier is the Duchess’s.” He therefore proposes the date of next Sunday at two o’clock, in the presence of the Duke of Talleyrand. He is compelled to set this time, for “the continuous sessions of the Chamber of Peers leave me no free time except for the day and hour I have just indicated”…